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I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.

George Bernard Shaw

added by Normando
3 months ago

We were inches away from planning a funeral for at least one brave, Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer as a bullet lodged in his cap, there are too many guns on our streets and far too many individuals acting recklessly with these deadly weapons.

John McNesby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It kind of bounced on the road and flipped up straight through the windshield by my face, went up and lodged itself into my car and into my back seat. PENNSYLVANIA FIREFIGHTER DEAD, FIRST RESPONDERS INJURED AFTER DRIVER PLOWS INTO CRASH SITE : OFFICIALS.

Driver Mandy Poff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Xi Jinping hates the things which Hong Kong has been promised under the 'one country, two systems' treaty lodged at the United Nations which he is wilfully breaking, what he hopes he can do is to bash Hong Kong into shape.

Chris Patten

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

One report reviewed over 800 complaints of alleged physical, verbal, or sexual abuse lodged against Border Patrol agents between 2009 and 2012 ; in 97 % of the complaints resulting in formal decisions, no action was taken.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As the measure was taken without notice in advance by Israel, we have lodged a complaint for causing inconveniences to our travelers and asked to prevent a recurrence.

South Korea foreign ministry

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

( The shards of glass) are hazardous to lungs, you don't want stuff like that in your lungs. It can get lodged in there and make you quite ill.

Joseph Michalski

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Chris Brown has lodged a complaint with the Paris public prosecutor for slanderous accusations, so that an investigation can be conducted, in particular so that light can be shed on the conditions under which this young woman was brought to lodge a complaint against him and, also, check her motivations.

Raphael Chiche

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

, } Accusers do not tend to fare well in word-on-word clashes. As I have described, skepticism of sexual violence complaints has shape-shifted over time. Yet it remains firmly lodged. The staying power of credibility discounting is a notable feature — perhaps even the dominant feature — of our response to rape.This may be changing. The #MeToo movement is challenging a societal default to doubt, and the past year has brought undeniable progress. Yet even as sexual misconduct complaints are met with newfound receptivity, it is worth noting that lone accusers continue to bear a special burden. ( It seems unlikely that Senate Republicans will ask the FBI to investigate two other accusers' reports against Brett Kavanaugh, or even that they will be asked to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee.) Many survivors of sexual violence are deterred by the likelihood of a swearing contest. But Ford — in the face of death threats — has agreed to appear before Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Republicans walks into a.

Brett Kavanaugh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I can state with absolute certainty that no decision has been made regarding the immigration status of Joe Giudice, the same immigration detainer that was lodged against him in March of 2016 remains in place today, but I want to be absolutely clear about this, no judicial authority has made any decision regarding what will happen with that detainer.

Leonard Jr.

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I also received troubling information of increased numbers of enforced disappearances of women and men alike, which may indicate even higher numbers of killings, it is of concern that this number may be underreported due to lack of complaints being lodged because of fear of reprisals.

Agnes Callamard

Found on CNN
5 years ago

These parents say that their children are not recovered: they cannot sleep, they cannot move properly, and some of them even have bullets still lodged in them.

Aurangzeb Khan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The liberation of Mosul will have to be done by the Iraqi army and local tribes ... the Iraqi army will come from the south and Baiji is the first stumbling block as long as Daesh (Islamic State) is lodged there.

Joost Hiltermann

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The purpose of the appeal lodged by the Republic of Tunisia is just to protect its rights in the eventuality that they might be affected by the decision of termination of the criminal proceedings, the appeal procedure will allow to clarify the situation from a legal point of view.

Yves Klein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When this boy called us, he just quickly said we must rescue them. But the families hadn’t lodged a police complaint and we could not move on our own, thankfully, we could locate this woman’s family through a contact. (They) needed a lot of counseling before they filed a missing report with the police, because they were convinced that their daughter was happily married to this young, good-looking, rich guy.

Subhankar Goldar

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We lodged a complaint in Denmark pertaining to a meeting that took place between him and FBI agents in 2011. We want that to be probed on the basis that it was an illegal operation according to Danish law.

Kristinn Hrafnsson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those entrusted with it should be kept in dependence on the people, by a short duration of their appointments; and, that, even during this short period, the trust should be placed not in a few, but in a number of hands. Stability, on the contrary, requires, that the hands, in which power is lodged, should continue for a length of time, the same. A frequent change of men will result from a frequent return of electors, and a frequent change of measures, from a frequent change of men; whilst energy in Government requires not only a certain duration of power, but the execution of it by a single hand.

James Madison

added by anonymous
10 years ago

In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.

Elzear Blaze, La Vie Militaire

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

Theodore Roosevelt

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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